Riga Marathon | |
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Date | 18 - 19 May 2024 |
Location | Riga, Latvia |
Event type | Road |
Distance | Marathon, Half marathon, 10k, 5k, Mile |
Primary sponsor | Rimi Baltic |
Established | 1991 |
Course records | Marathon: Men's: 2:08:51 (2019) Andualem Shiferaw Women's: 2:26:18 (2019) Birke Debele Half Marathon: Men's: 1:00:21 (2024) Samwel Mailu Women's: 1:07:13 (2024) Judy Kemboi |
Official site | Riga Marathon |
Participants | 1,887 marathon finishers (2019)[1] 38,398 (all races) (2019)[2] |
The Riga Marathon (also known as the Rimi Riga Marathon) is an annual road marathon held in Riga, Latvia, since 1991. A flat, single-lap marathon course in the Baltics' largest city. The marathon course has been measured and certified by AIMS, the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races and is categorized as a Gold Label Road Race by World Athletics. All courses are traffic-free. Rimi Riga Marathon is one of the fastest-growing marathons in Northern Europe. In 2019, there were 25 659 participants over five different distances from 82 countries.[2]
The marathon starts and finishes near Riga Castle, and runs through Old Riga as well as across the Daugava River. In the marathon weekend it is also possible to run 42,195 kilometer distance, 21,095 kilometer half marathon, 10 kilometer, 5 kilometer and mile course distances.